PotC Hidden Skull?

[Cosmic Commando]

Now, the pirates ransack a town, looking for Jack Sparrow, who has the key to the town's treasure.

Why are the townspeople protecting Jack when he wants to steal their treasure, just like the other pirates?

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Why are the townspeople protecting Jack when he wants to steal their treasure, just like the other pirates?

Exactly. The story makes absolutely no sense.

That's not even getting into the question of why everybody is calling him Captain Jack Sparrow.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Pirates ransack a town, looking for the town treasure...

Now, the pirates ransack a town, looking for Jack Sparrow, who has the key to the town's treasure.

It's so subtle

That you can easily describe a complete change to what is occurring in the ride means the change was not subtle.

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Exactly. The story makes absolutely no sense.

That's not even getting into the question of why everybody is calling him Captain Jack Sparrow.

I was hoping nobody would bring that up... now you've got my blood pressure up!

The story problems are real, but why the heck is everybody calling him captain when it was a running gag in the movies that nobody actually did? It's honestly my biggest problem with the changes. Takes me right out of the moment.

 

[Bacon]

Looks like they added lighting to the skull and steering pirate

Looks too cartoonish

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I was hoping nobody would bring that up... now you've got my blood pressure up!

The story problems are real, but why the heck is everybody calling him captain when it was a running gag in the movies that nobody actually did? It's honestly my biggest problem with the changes. Takes me right out of the moment.

It's honestly the biggest deal breaker for me of the changes. The fact that nobody but Jack Sparrow considers Jack Sparrow to be a captain is one of the most famous gags in the movies.

I do love the movies for the most part, but I am not in any way supportive of the changes made to the attraction as a result of them. At all. Even down to the ridiculous changes in the queue and the ugly murals they painted on the building. Why are there murals celebrating piracy painted onto this Spanish fort that's there to defend against pirate attacks?

I question the decision to do the overlay at all, but I specifically believe that an overlay designed especially for Disneyland's version of the attraction should not have been forced onto WDW's, which is a completely different ride with a different conceit.

 

[Kman101]

Looks too cartoonish

How is a TALKING SKULL supposed to look? LOL

 

[Rowlet]

I missed the skull, so I'm glad it's back! I always thought the skull right before the drop added a great level of spook. Plus, that scene/area of the ride needed something sprucing up. However, I'm not sure if I like the new dialogue.

 

[Californian Elitist]

How is a TALKING SKULL supposed to look? LOL

In my opinion, a talking skull can still look like a real skull.

 

[Andrew C]

 

[mickEblu]

They better not to do this to Disneylands talking skull

 

[britain]

I doubt they will. The WDW location has the stormy shipwreck skeleton behind the guests and it makes for a good background AND lightning justification for the flash. DL's talking skull doesn't have that.

 

[Kman101]

In my opinion, a talking skull can still look like a real skull.

That's true of course.

I think the new one in the ride looks fine

 

[mickEblu]

I doubt they will. The WDW location has the stormy shipwreck skeleton behind the guests and it makes for a good background AND lightning justification for the flash. DL's talking skull doesn't have that.

Good point. I thought about that being a saving grace last night. Aside from the fact that things don't usually work that way. Meaning a change at WDW influencing a change at DL. For minor things like this at least.

 

[tirian]

Who complains about Zimmer's score???

Edit- I didn't know that it had been added to the ride.

For the original movie, Zimmer produced the score, and he created initial concepts, but he didn't write the final versions of it. It's by Klaus Badelt, and many critics felt Badelt's score was superior to the over-synthesized ones Zimmer wrote for the sequels.

The convoluted story is on Wikipedia and partially explains why the soundtrack seems to come from different composers and different movies combined into one.

Fun nerd fact for the day!

 

[tirian]

Why are the townspeople protecting Jack when he wants to steal their treasure, just like the other pirates?

Although I like the new signage outside, as the years have passed, I've grown to hate the Jack Sparrow storyline. It doesn't make sense, it has ruined the attraction's atmosphere, and it traded seven pirate animatronics for one Johnny Depp in the final scene. It made WDW's version truly inferior to DL's instead of simply different.

One Jack Sparrow would've been fine; having an entire ride centering on him is ridiculous. But since WDI is adding him to Paris, they clearly believe Depp is a good idea.

 

[Bacon]

How is a TALKING SKULL supposed to look? LOL

Disneyland and shanghai had more realistic ones

 

[180º]

The voice of the talking skull in DL is X. The "Dead Men Tell no Tales" voice is Paul Frees.

Mea culpa! You're right.

http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=97

 

[Buried20KLeague]

Came to WDWMagic for the first time in a little while to check in and see what's new.

See a thread about the talking skull coming back. I get excited.

Then I realize it was added back to monetize a photo-op.

Figures.

What this tells us: Imagineers are smart. They "get" the parks and their history. I'm quite sure someone figured out this was the one way to get the money to put the skull back in the ride. Which is a sad state of affairs.

Carry on.

 

[Kman101]

Eh, I choose to look at life a little differently. I'm glad they brought the skull back even it's just a disguise for the picture. To each their own. Not everything has to be met with sour negativity all the time.